In case you haven’t seen it, I’ve been writing an occasional column for The Denver Post’s marijuana-culture website The Cannabist called High Scores that explores weed’s loving, decades-long relationship with gaming.

Last week, Cannabist editor Ricardo Baca invited me on “The Cannabist Show” to talk about that and other topics, and you can check out a clip of our video game-centric discussion above.

Also, in case you missed it, I recently wrote a piece for The Denver Post encouraging greater engagement in gaming culture’s far-reaching debates — even for non-gamers. It’s probably preaching to the choir on this blog, but still good fodder for the next time your grandparent or boyfriend blurts, “Why should I care about stupid video games?!”

A&E reporter John Wenzel has covered a variety of topics for The Denver Post over the years, including video games, comedy, music and the fine arts. He's been playing and loving video games since his dad brought home a sweet ColecoVision in 1983. Catch him on PSN as beardsandgum.

Hugh got his start writing for the Cheyenne and Woodmen Edition newspapers in Colorado Springs. In 2011 he moved to Denver where he has written for Denver Urban Spectrum and Colorado Community Media’s Wheat Ridge Transcript. Hugh joined The Denver Post in 2014 as an editorial assistant.